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It seems that the recession is affecting everyone, not just us little guys.  Google, the search engine giant has been quietly lying off employees since last summer.  Although the SEC mandates companies to disclose information in relation to layoffs, Google bypassed this rule by claiming in Q3 to have cut “Operational Expenses”.   How do they do that?  Well, Google has 20,123 certified employees and an additional 10,000 that are labeled as “Temporary Operational Expenses”.  Wow, how is that for a job title.  Those Temporary Operational Expenses are going to be out of a job this holiday season.  Many of these employees have been with Google for a number of years but have moved within the infrastructure enabling them to retain the temporary employee label while sliding under the SEC radar. 

Asus announced that they are planning to introduce ~10 new Smartphones in 2009. The success of the HTC G1 is sure to have a hand in this decision as it is no secret that HTC and ASUS are fierce rivals. Not all of the handhelds will run Google’s Android OS but will be powered by Windows Mobile.
Specifications for these phones were not released at the time this was prepared, however it is alleged that most of the new models will have 3G support and touch screen user interfaces.

During the Adobe MAX developer’s conference, Adobe displayed Flash 10 running on the Google Android OS via the T-Mobile G1. Google’s Andy Rubin and Adobe’s Kevin Lynch proudly showed their Android flash collaboration, Star Dudes, Episode I. The demonstration displayed a full HTML browsing, flash experience. The Apple iPhone has little hopes of getting Adobe Flash compliant due to control issues Apple has with it’s software. It has not been release as to when the new Flash Player 10 will become available.